back on the road again...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Just now while having dinner, I told my mum that the egg tofu was really salty today. So I suggested to her to put less salt. My mum tends to have a heavy hand when it comes to adding salt. I was thinking of the health impacts of eating toooo much salt. Instead of getting some kind of assurance that she'll put less salt, she turned back and scolded me like crazy. She was like saying hokkien people traditionally eat salty food. Take it or leave it. She also yelled at me for drinking too much soft drinks or sweet drinks, hence I'm more sensitive to the salty taste. That is so not true. I love salty fries; my salt tolerance is good. But this was way too much until I couldn't even finish one piece of tofu! I was so ridiculed. It's so not about tradition! It's about my health! Now she's like some old hag perhaps she can stop caring that much about her health, but I've got such a long way ahead of me. It's not like I'm some health fiend either, but it's just that the tofu was simply salty beyond measure. My mum is such a ridiculous person. I wished she cared sincerly.

I often complained about my neighbour who smokes all day downstairs, and the smoke travels into our house. The smell is really strong and I cannot breathe everytime my neighbour smokes! Again, my mum was asking me to shut up and stop complaining by saying things like, what's the harm of a little cigarette smoke, and that all her older relatives smoke and they live till a ripe old age, and long ago, people smoke even more harmful things like opium and they do not get lung cancer either. My mum is so ridiculous! She's still so stuck in the damned past that she rather believe that everything is the same as before, than believe in science and statistics. My mum totally cannot adapt. She hates flat screen TVs, hates radios that have no casette player, hates modern washing machines and too many more to mention. Gosh I hope I do not end up like her.

10:10 PM